The Faculty congratulates Mr. Hendri Herbst, one of our 3-Year LLB students, on his participation in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Mr. Herbst took part in the following events: The Men’s Swimming 50M Freestyle – S11; the 100m Freestyle – S11 and the 100m Backstroke – S11. Hendri has been hard at practice over the past…
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The Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch is proud to announce the election of Professor Sandra Liebenberg to serve on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In a single round of secret balloting, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Sandra Liebenberg and the Egyptian candidate Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim as…
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The Faculty congratulates Professor Sadulla Karjiker on his appointment as the new incumbent of the Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law. Prof Karjiker obtained his BSc and LLB degrees at the University of Cape Town, his LLM degree at the University of London and his LLD degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He is…
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The Faculty proudly announces two new publications by Professor Gerhard Kemp. Individual Criminal Liability for the International Crime of Aggression (Intersentia: Antwerp/Cambridge) 2015 The second edition of this volume contains an overview and discussion of the historical and normative processes (legal and political) that culminated in the adoption of the Kampala Resolution. The different components…
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The Chair of Intellectual Property Law will present the annual IP Public Lecture on 6 October 2015 with Prof Owen Dean, incumbent of the Chair of IP Law and consultant to Spoor & Fisher. The topic of Prof Dean’s lecture, Copyright as an Agent of Social Justice, will present a perspective on the “Lion Sleeps Tonight”…
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The third annual SARCPL public lecture was delivered on 6 August 2015 by Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand from the Northeastern University School of Law. The lecture was titled ‘A Postcolonialist View of Progressive Property’. Photo from left to right: Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand, Prof AJ van der Walt (South African Research Chair in Property Law, Stellenbosch University) and…
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The Faculty congratulates Ms Sarah Vahed (LLM winner) and Ms Tamrynne Barnes (LLB runner up) for their sterling achievements in the 2014 Ismail Mahomed Law Reform Essay Competition. Ms Vahed completed her LLM in 2014 and submitted her winning essay on “Protecting the child in a Pluralist State: Assessing the practice of Ukuthwala in South…
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Dr Elmarie Costandius of the Visual Arts Department and Prof. Geo Quinot of the Department of Public Law attended the national Teaching Advancement at University (TAU) Fellowship programme presented under the auspices of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association (Heltasa) and funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training in Pretoria from the…
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The High Court ruling on Wednesday (8 July 2015) in favour of an application by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Legal Aid Clinic about emoluments attachment orders (EAOs, also known as garnishee orders) “is an illustration of SU’s endeavour to make a positive impact on society.” So said SU Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers…
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The South African Research Chair in Property Law and the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch cordially invite you to the third annual SARCPL Property Law Lecture. The 2015 Lecture will be presented by: Prof Rashmi Dyal-Chand (Northeastern University School of Law) Topic: ‘A Postcolonialist View of Progressive Property’ Date & Time: Thursday, 6 August…
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